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- Homework Statement
- The full homework is in the attached image.
- Relevant Equations
- 2Ddt & Arrhenius temperature dependence.
Solution attempt:
The teacher told us to use the equation 2Ddt to calculate that average distance.
(D: diffusion coefficient that will be calculated by the Arrhenius formula, d: dimentionality of the system, and t: is the time before the desorption of the molecule)
The thing is, the time t has to be calculated as the inverse of the desorption rate.
So to calculate this desorption rate, we should use Arrhenius dependence which I believe is this formula in this attached image:
My questions about this formula:
- is D* the desorption rate? if not, what is it? and where is the desorption rate in the equation?
- what is Lambda here? and how do we calculate it?
If this is not the right formula to calculate the desorption rate, what is the one that I should use?
(if it is another formula, it would be better if you tell me what does each parameter stand for?)
Thank you VERY much in advance, this would really help me.